In the grip of the cold war, the most sophisticated surveillance on earth was useless because no one wanted to believe it.

Not all of the investigation involved wordplay; much of it entailed detailed and highly sophisticated surveillance.

It suggested planning in advance, or else a more sophisticated surveillance than they'd anticipated.

He took it upon himself to share the raw data - including satellite photographs and information gathered through sophisticated electronic surveillance - with Israel.

The meeting was to be classified and held in the Embassy's Black Room, a chamber electromagnetically decoupled from the outside world, making even sophisticated electronic surveillance impossible.

And it's not about whether we should use sophisticated electronic surveillance to learn about terrorist plans, intentions and capabilities.

With Internet-based connections, A.T.M. cameras will also provide more sophisticated surveillance.

That led to a digression about access to the other offices, then to the fascinating story of Patrick's adventures in the world of sophisticated surveillance.

Consider this letter that followed a column of mine about "snoopspeak," the lexicon of sophisticated electronic surveillance that can no longer accurately be called wiretapping.

He arrived talking of sophisticated electronic surveillance that would allow swift use of air stikes but now says only patience can bring results.